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Hagans, Kristi S.; Powers, Kristin – Action in Teacher Education, 2015
The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) requires faculty from educator preparation programs to provide evidence of credential candidates' impact on K-12 student learning. However, there is a paucity of information on preparation programs' use of direct assessments of student learning to gauge credential candidate…
Descriptors: Credentials, Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Certification
McKenna, John W.; Flower, Andrea; Ciullo, Stephen – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2014
Teachers are responsible for using evidence-based practices to improve students' academic and behavioral outcomes. Although teachers have access to a variety of resources on evidence-based practices, poor implementation can adversely affect their effectiveness. However, an inadequate student response to intervention may also be the result of…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Program Improvement, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Way, Joyce W. – 1981
This manual is designed to benefit those interested in the improvement of small programs, focusing on techniques used to check on a program's goal achievement. A small program is defined, for the purpose of this manual, as one that affects a limited number of students (less than 100) and is taught by a limited staff (5 or less) with limited or no…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation

Gysbers, Norman C.; And Others – Journal of Counseling and Development, 1992
Describes the overall evaluation framework that is guiding Missouri's efforts to evaluate comprehensive school guidance programs. Views evaluation as ongoing process designed to improve guidance program. Discusses program, personnel, and results evaluation in an outcome-based framework guided by five questions. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Comprehensive Guidance, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Models
Hill, Grant M.; Turner, Bud – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2007
This article describes a physical education program self-assessment tool, "The Physical Activity and Fitness Promotion Checklist," which was developed by a panel of nationally recognized physical education teachers. This checklist, which specifically addresses national physical education standards three and four, includes 20 items organized into…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Elementary Secondary Education
US Department of Education, 2008
This guide is designed as a resource for leaders and evaluators of K-12 online learning programs. In this guide, the term "online learning" is used to refer to a range of education programs and resources in the K-12 arena, including distance learning courses offered by universities, private providers, or teachers at other schools;…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Distance Education, Online Courses, Web Sites
Jordan, Alice W. – 1979
The extent to which 36 schools participating in the Northwest Reading Consortium adhered to the use of the Right to Read assessment and planning procedure as a means of identifying and implementing needed improvements in their reading programs is analyzed in this report. The report concludes that there was a high correlation between use of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Linking Agents, Program Evaluation

Hunsaker, Scott L.; Callahan, Carolyn M. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1993
Review of solicited gifted program evaluation reports and the literature found a relative paucity of such reports as well as a lack of methodological sophistication, reporting, and utility concerns. Promising practices were seen in some evaluations conducted for program improvement, which employed multiple methodologies, sources, analysis…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Calhoun, Emily F. – 1994
Schoolwide action research involves the actors in a school continuously and systematically studying their school, analyzing the information gathered, and using it to work toward improvement. Action research can involve collecting data over several years, such as the cumulative effects of schooling, or over shorter periods of time to evaluate…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Raizen, Senta A., Ed.; Rossi, Peter H., Ed. – 1981
In response to a provision of the Education Amendments of 1978 concerning evaluation practices and procedures, this report examines four aspects of evaluation in education which focus on how funds allocated to evaluation can be spent more effectively and yield more useful results. On this basis, groups of recommendations are made to both Congress…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs

Keene, Kathleen MacIntosh; Stewart, Norman R. – School Counselor, 1989
Addresses the basic issues faced, methods used, and problems encountered in evaluating school counseling services. Gives examples and suggestions to assist in learning about evaluation. Contends that counselors have the requisite skills and should be involved in evaluation of the services they provide. (NB)
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems

Tjeerdsma, Bonnie L.; Metzler, Michael W. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1998
Describes a development, research, and improvement framework for conducting comprehensive program assessment in physical-education teacher education (PETE). The framework includes questions that guide PETE faculty through program assessment to create customized plans. Data from observation instruments, qualitative techniques, and psychometric…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Physical Education Teachers
Aspen Institute, The, 2007
This year, Congress is scheduled to review the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). In 2002, this law signaled an important change in federal education policy by focusing on accountability for results rather than simple compliance and by seeking to set the performance bar high for all children, regardless of where they live. The time is now to learn…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Charts
Simmons, Joanne M. – 1984
This paper focuses on critically analyzing both the potential and the problems of practitioner action research as a means of genuine professional development for classroom teachers today. Action research is a process of systematic inquiry and of knowledge, skill, and attitude growth in which classroom teachers on either an individual or…
Descriptors: Action Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Professional Development
Sockett, Hugh – 1989
The status of action-research is measured in this paper. First, the political character of action-research is identified. Then, the degree to which differing versions of its character may be said to be political is examined. Argument is for the creation of a balance between the institution and the individual in collaborative activity. Examined…
Descriptors: Action Research, College School Cooperation, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education